Workshop on Making a Laguiole Folding Knife in Estaing (12)

Activity description :

1. 6 hours
2. One person

Want to take home something you’ll never forget? In this one-on-one introductory knife-making workshop, make your own Laguiole-style folding knife with Christophe! A workshop for all enthusiasts of knives, woodworking, metalworking, andhandmade items—a relaxing experience to share with others.

Schedule for the day:

• Morning: Choose the size of your knife, perform simple guilloché engraving with a half-moon pattern on the back of the spring, then select the handle material from among about twenty different types of wood.
• Afternoon: fitting the handle scales, straightening, polishing, assembly, adjusting and riveting the spring to the plates, mounting the wood or horn scales, adjusting, polishing, and mounting the blade, then trimming, shaping, and finishing the handle.
• Finishing touches: polishing the entire knife and sharpening the blade.
• The big moment: You’ll leave with your very own knife, made with your own hands.

A moment of intense and exceptional joy: you’ll use your creation every day, and it will remind you of this memory daily. An object filled with emotion, which you’ll have the pleasure of passing on to the next generation!